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reply Daan Oosterveld <daan.oosterveld home.nl> writes:
Hi,

How do you create a .so shared object library on linux with DMD? I 
really like shared object libraries and saving memory space ;)

I use the dmd compiler to link the .so with this command:

dmd -L-shared -of/home/daan/purplecat/lib/default/libmysolibrary.so 
<object files here>

I also tried to use gcc for linkage but both give me this error:

/usr/bin/ld: /home/daan/purplecat/lib/default/libmysolibrary.so: 
undefined versioned symbol name _d_throw 4
/usr/bin/ld: failed to set dynamic section sizes: Bad value

All other symbols get resolved except this one :(

I am using 0.118, the program does compile when I use static linking.

Or is it impossible to create an .so library? (which would be silly)


Daan
Mar 16 2005
parent reply John Reimer <brk_6502 yahoo.com> writes:
Daan Oosterveld wrote:

 Hi,
 
 How do you create a .so shared object library on linux with DMD? I 
 really like shared object libraries and saving memory space ;)
 
 I use the dmd compiler to link the .so with this command:
 
 dmd -L-shared -of/home/daan/purplecat/lib/default/libmysolibrary.so 
 <object files here>
 
 I also tried to use gcc for linkage but both give me this error:
 
 /usr/bin/ld: /home/daan/purplecat/lib/default/libmysolibrary.so: 
 undefined versioned symbol name _d_throw 4
 /usr/bin/ld: failed to set dynamic section sizes: Bad value
 
 All other symbols get resolved except this one :(
 
 I am using 0.118, the program does compile when I use static linking.
 
 Or is it impossible to create an .so library? (which would be silly)
 
 
 Daan


It's still /not/ possible to make a shared library on Linux.  It's 
definitely been high on the Linux users wish list, though, for dmd.  I'm 
not sure if gdc has succeeded yet either.

But, if it did work, I think you have to provide -pic (along with 
-shared) to activate position independent code for the shared library.

-JJR
Mar 16 2005
parent reply Anders Runesson <anders runesson.info> writes:
John Reimer wrote:
  > It's still /not/ possible to make a shared library on Linux.  It's

 definitely been high on the Linux users wish list, though, for dmd.  I'm 
 not sure if gdc has succeeded yet either.
 
 But, if it did work, I think you have to provide -pic (along with 
 -shared) to activate position independent code for the shared library.
 
 -JJR


GDC can indeed create shared objects, though I haven't tried actually 
using one of the generated objects so I'm not sure if it *really* works.

Just pass -fPIC -shared when linking with gdc and you're set.

/Anders Runesson
Mar 16 2005
parent reply John Reimer <brk_6502 yahoo.com> writes:
Anders Runesson wrote:

 John Reimer wrote:
  > It's still /not/ possible to make a shared library on Linux.  It's
 

 definitely been high on the Linux users wish list, though, for dmd.  
 I'm not sure if gdc has succeeded yet either.

 But, if it did work, I think you have to provide -pic (along with 
 -shared) to activate position independent code for the shared library.

 -JJR


 
 
 GDC can indeed create shared objects, though I haven't tried actually 
 using one of the generated objects so I'm not sure if it *really* works.
 
 Just pass -fPIC -shared when linking with gdc and you're set.
 
 /Anders Runesson



Yes... I should have clarified: they can be /created/ successfully with 
dmd on linux too.  But they don't work when you try to link to them. 
gdc might have the same problem.

-JJR

PS thanks for the -fPIC correction. :-)
Mar 16 2005
parent Daan Oosterveld <daan.oosterveld home.nl> writes:
John Reimer schreef:

 Anders Runesson wrote:
 

 John Reimer wrote:
  > It's still /not/ possible to make a shared library on Linux.  It's


 definitely been high on the Linux users wish list, though, for dmd.  
 I'm not sure if gdc has succeeded yet either.

 But, if it did work, I think you have to provide -pic (along with 
 -shared) to activate position independent code for the shared library.

 -JJR




 GDC can indeed create shared objects, though I haven't tried actually 
 using one of the generated objects so I'm not sure if it *really* works.

 Just pass -fPIC -shared when linking with gdc and you're set.

 /Anders Runesson


 
 
 
 Yes... I should have clarified: they can be /created/ successfully with 
 dmd on linux too.  But they don't work when you try to link to them. gdc 
 might have the same problem.
 
 -JJR
 
 PS thanks for the -fPIC correction. :-)


Passing -fpic did give me a shared object with dmd as the compiler and 
gcc for linking. But when linking the .so to an executable it gave the 
same _d_throw 4 unresolved symbol.

_d_throw? ... exception handling?

I am going to try gdc. If that won't work I'll have to stick to static 
linking for a while ... ar ar ar ;)

tnx for the info

..Daan
Mar 17 2005